The Chalke Valley History Festival is the largest festival dedicated entirely to history in the UK.
Hotels near the Chalke Valley History Festival
The Royal Oak
Salisbury - 4 miles away
An 18th-century part-thatched former tannery turned village ale house has been renovated in a style of rustic simplicity, with unfussy bedrooms and a dining room serving pub classics and more complex dishes.
The Compasses Inn
Tisbury - 4.8 miles away
Welcoming and peaceful, Ben Maschler’s thatched 14th-century inn has all the traditional comforts, sophisticated gastropub dishes and classics, simple-chic bedrooms, and the Nadder valley on the doorstep.
Teffont House
Salisbury - 6 miles away
A loyal following of guests returns time and again to this 17th-century house, with stone-mullioned windows in 'a lovely quiet location, with nice gardens'.
The Beckford Arms
Tisbury - 7 miles away
‘If they could bottle the atmosphere, they’d make a fortune,’ writes a Guide insider, of this dining-pub with rooms on the edge of the Fonthill Estate.
The Pembroke Arms
Salisbury - 8 miles away
Opposite the entrance to Wilton House, seat of the earls of Pembroke, this extensively refurbished Georgian building is once again run by Ido and Alison Davids, who were at the reins from 2000 to 2012.
La Fleur de Lys
Shaftesbury - 9 miles away
Little has changed at this restaurant-with-rooms in its three decades, but spotless bedrooms with thoughtful touches, and a slightly retro gourmet dining experience have their own appeal.
The Grosvenor Arms
Shaftesbury - 9 miles away
With its Tuscan columns and pedimented gable, this coaching inn appears solidly Georgian, but the interiors are contemporary, with well-equipped bedrooms, a clubby bar and dining room serving wood-fired pizzas and bistro-style dishes.
From £62.50 per night
The Bell & Crown
Warminster - 15 miles away
Pull off the A303 to find this dining-pub-with-rooms, which set the style for the small Chickpea group (see also The Pembroke Arms, Salisbury).
Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa
Warminster - 15 miles away
Rolling countryside surrounds this 'glorious, large Georgian house' in extensive grounds of meadows and woodland; a tunnel leads to the river Wylye.
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Sturminster Newton - 16 miles away
For over 50 years the Prideaux-Brune family have welcomed guests to their ancestral Jacobean manor house in an English country garden with the Divelish stream skipping through.
The Bradley Hare
Warminster - 17 miles away
In a small village on the Duchy of Somerset’s estate, the Victorian Somerset Arms was relaunched in 2021 as an idealised rustic-chic country pub.
The Bath Arms
Horningsham - 17 miles away
You could be in rural France as you take a forest drive to this creeper-covered stone inn 'scenically situated in rolling fields in the Longleat estate', with tables and umbrellas under pollarded limes.
From £70 per night
Burley Manor
Burley - 17 miles away
This baronial-style Victorian manor house overlooking a deer park in the New Forest has been stylishly updated as an adults-only retreat with a well-regarded restaurant.
The Three Daggers
Westbury - 20 miles away
‘So much more than a pub-with-rooms’, this 200-year-old village inn ‘comes with its own farm shop and spa barn with outdoor hot tub and sauna, as well as a kiddies’ playground,' our inspector writes.
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Hotels near the Chalke Valley History Festival
RNLI College
Poole - 20 miles away
Set up as a training centre for RNLI volunteers, this purpose-built structure overlooks Holes Bay in Poole Harbour. Alongside crew members, visitors can stay in comfortable, jauntily decorated bedrooms (each with a double bed, work desk, seating and stunning view of the harbour). Breakfast and bistro food is served in the light and cheerful Riggers restaurant facing the waterfront; the Slipway bar has drinks and nibbles. Tours of the facility (which include a wave tank and simulator) can be pre-arranged. Every £1 spent goes towards providing equipment, training, and support for those saving lives at sea.
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